Lebanese-Brazilian director based in São Paulo.

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Castles & Ruins

Castles & Ruins

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  • Director's Library
  • Description
  • Credits

'Castles and Ruins' depicts artist Abebe Bikila (BK) ten years on from the release of his landmark debut album and in the wake of his mother’s passing. The film is a metaphorical essay on history and identity, rendering the artist’s trials and cosmology through multiple points of views: a dancer rhythmically conjuring protection, a warrior in eternal conflict with others, and a pregnant mother imagining the life her son will one day lead.

  • Director's Library

Castles & Ruins


in 2026
Director
Willy Hajli
Co-Director
Poeta Visual
Writer
Willy Hajli
and Poeta Visual
Executive Producer
Henrique Carvalhaes, William Kim, Renata Corrêa
Principal Cast
Abebe Bikila (BK')
Director Of Photography
Rafael Mattar
Production Designer
Manoela Moura
1st Assistant Director
Mayara Saldanha
Wardrobe & Costume
Juan Bispo
and Paulo Ramos
Music & Sound Design
Mugshot
Edit
Lucas Cainã
Voice (Oromo)
Hanan Yezid
Coming home

Coming home

Minerva DPZ
  • Ciclope Latino 2025
  • Berlin Commercial 2025
  • Clube de Criação 2025
  • Description
  • Credits

The project was sponsored by a global food supplies company with the intent of depicting a truly mulitcultural tapestry of family and communion, centred on our shared relationship with food. To do this we had to craft three separate storylines -- in Rio de Janeiro, New York, and Shanghai -- showcasing these distinct cultural backdrops. Equally, we had to develop three empathetic characters with individual narrative arcs that nonetheless dovetailed conceptually and thematically towards the third act. Three characters, in three vastly different worlds, and three sets of problems, but still finding comfort through the timeless and vital ritual of sitting down and eating after a long day's trial.

  • Ciclope Latino 2025
  • Berlin Commercial 2025
  • Clube de Criação 2025

    Film/Direction
    Film/Casting
    Film/Cinematography

Coming home


for Minerva in 2025
Agency
DPZ
Director
Willy Hajli
EP
Renata Corrêa
and Henrique Carvalhaes
DOP
Gabriel Bianchini
Production designer
Karla Salvoni
Post-production
Satelite Audio
Edit
Bruno Alves
Color
Erick Moraes
Marty Supreme – Dream Big

Marty Supreme – Dream Big

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  • Ciclope Latino
  • Description
  • Credits

A chaotic, feverish world that distills the original tension, channeling the fixation and restless momentum of A24’s Marty Supreme through a distinctly Brazilian lens.

  • Ciclope Latino

Marty Supreme – Dream Big


in 2026
Director
Willy Hajli
Executive Producer
Henrique Carvalhaes
and Willy Hajli
and William Kim
Director Of Photography
Vitor Duarte
Edit
Lucas Cainã
Music & Sound Design
Chris Sayeg
and Mad Sounds
Animation and Analog VFX
Gabriel Rolim
Graphic Design
Morimoto
Write your story

Write your story

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  • C41
  • Ciclope Latino 2021
  • Director's Notes
  • Kaltblut
  • La Fashion Film Festival
  • El Ojo
  • Description
  • Credits

Teracorp's corporate presentation is cut short when employee 5055 deactivates the command center and takes flight to freedom.

  • C41
  • Ciclope Latino 2021
  • Director's Notes
  • Kaltblut
  • La Fashion Film Festival
  • El Ojo

Write your story


in 2021
Director
Willy Hajli
Production company
Moonheist
EP
Henrique Carvalhaes
and Ariel Hidal
and William Kim
DOP
Lucas René
Production designer
Eduardo Kissajikian
Music
AudioInk
Post-production
BTFLY
Edit
Mariana Becker
Color
Osmar Jr.
Exiled team

Exiled team

Brahma Africa Creative
  • Berlin Commercial
  • Cannes Lions
  • Ciclope 2023
  • Clio Awards
  • Clube de Criação
  • Effie Awards
  • El Ojo
  • The One Show
  • Description
  • Credits

'Exiled Team' portrays the community of Prudentópolis, located in the countryside of Paraná, Brazil, where lies the biggest Ukrainian community of Latin America. It aims to depict the cultural preservation of a country at war. Shot as a hybrid between fiction and documentary, the narrative is built around the transformation of the local football team, A.A Batel, into Mariupol F.C - Mariupol's football team that has ceased to exist as Russian forces have seized and destroyed the city.

  • Berlin Commercial
  • Cannes Lions
  • Ciclope 2023
  • Clio Awards
  • Clube de Criação
  • Effie Awards
  • El Ojo
  • The One Show

Exiled team


for Brahma in 2023
Agency
Africa Creative
Director
Willy Hajli
Production company
Moonheist
EP
Henrique Carvalhaes
and Ariel Hidal
and William Kim
Music
Satelite Audio
Post-production
Space Gorilla
Edit
Lucas Cainã
Color
Henrique Reganatto
What will happen is already happening

What will happen is already happening

Globo Droga5
  • Description
  • Credits

Through imagination, everything that is going to happen is already happening. To launch its new positioning, Globo -- Brazil's largest broadcaster -- let its imagination fly, showing its pioneering role in the Brazilian imagination.

What will happen is already happening


for Globo in 2024
Agency
Droga5
Director
Willy Hajli
Production company
Moonheist
Creative assistant
Liz Dórea
EP
Henrique Carvalhaes
DOP
Lucas de Oliveira
Production design, Creative director, Research
Luma Mora
Costume designer
Rafaela Pinah
Post-production
Lucas Marini
Music
Loud+
Edit
Lucas Cainã
Color
Erick Moraes
Learn with Gemini: Footvolley

Learn with Gemini: Footvolley

Google Wieden+Kennedy SP
  • Description
  • Credits

Google's first Gemini campaign in Brazil, these fun films were crafted to show how AI can be useful for learning new skills or improving one's abilities on any field.

Learn with Gemini: Footvolley


for Google in 2024
Agency
Wieden+Kennedy SP
Director
Willy Hajli
Production company
Moonheist
EP
Henrique Carvalhaes
and Renata Corrêa
Music
Bernardo Massot
Post-production
Joint
Edit
Barthô
Color
Erick Moraes
Learn with Gemini: Guitar

Learn with Gemini: Guitar

Google Wieden+Kennedy SP
  • Description
  • Credits

Google's first Gemini campaign in Brazil, these fun films were crafted to show how AI can be useful for learning new skills or improving one's abilities on any field.

Learn with Gemini: Guitar


for Google in 2024
Agency
Wieden+Kennedy SP
Director
Willy Hajli
Production company
Moonheist
EP
Henrique Carvalhaes
and Renata Corrêa
Music
Bernardo Massot
Post-production
Joint
Edit
Barthô
Color
Erick Moraes
Learn with Gemini: Cooking a great prompt

Learn with Gemini: Cooking a great prompt

Google Wieden+Kennedy SP
  • Description
  • Credits

Google's first Gemini campaign in Brazil, these fun films were crafted to show how AI can be useful for learning new skills or improving one's abilities on any field.

Learn with Gemini: Cooking a great prompt


for Google in 2024
Agency
Wieden+Kennedy SP
Director
Willy Hajli
Production company
Moonheist
EP
Henrique Carvalhaes
and Renata Corrêa
Music
Bernardo Massot
Post-production
Joint
Edit
Barthô
Color
Erick Moraes
Learn with Gemini: Fashion planning

Learn with Gemini: Fashion planning

Google Wieden+Kennedy SP
  • Description
  • Credits

Google's first Gemini campaign in Brazil, these fun films were crafted to show how AI can be useful for learning new skills or improving one's abilities on any field.

Learn with Gemini: Fashion planning


for Google in 2024
Agency
Wieden+Kennedy SP
Director
Willy Hajli
Production company
Moonheist
EP
Henrique Carvalhaes
and Renata Corrêa
Music
Bernardo Massot
Post-production
Joint
Edit
Barthô
Color
Erick Moraes
Até você chegar

Até você chegar

Marina Gold --
  • Description
  • Credits

A conceptual music fashion film hybrid about the birth of the universe and the empty space between lovers. Shot on Kodak 16mm film.

Até você chegar


for Marina Gold in 2022
Director
Willy Hajli
Production company
Moonheist
CD
Josephine Cho
EP
Henrique Carvalhaes
and Ariel Hidal
and William Kim
DOP
Lucas René
Production designer
Eduardo Kissajikian
Post-production
Kinelux Studios
Edit
Victor Cohen
Color
Osmar Jr.
Ila Ayn

Ila Ayn

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Acts of love

Acts of love

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  • Description
Hymn of the cicadas

Hymn of the cicadas

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